Samantha Armytage showed off a glamorous new look last Friday when she was spotted leaving the Channel Seven studio in Sydney.
The Farmer Wants A Wife host, 47, looked chic in a double denim outfit as she left an appearance on Sunrise to promote the show.
Armytage wore denim shirt with necktie feature tucked into a pair of jeans.
The TV star was seen waving goodbye to a colleague and blew them a kiss.
She carried a large woven basket bag packed with the dress she wore during her appearance on the breakfast show and some water.
Samantha Armytage, 47, (pictured) put on a glamorous display last Friday when she was spotted wearing a very country chic ensemble at the Seven offices in Sydney
Over her other shoulder, the TV presenter carried a brown $369 handbag from Oroton which perfectly matched her brown and white loafers.
Samantha made a surprise return to the Sunrise studio on Friday morning after departing the program three years ago.
Tensions were made obvious as the former breakfast television host, who quit Sunrise in 2021, sat opposite co-hosts Matt Shirvington and her rival successor Natalie Barr to plug the upcoming Channel Seven series of Famer Wants A Wife.
The Farmer Wants A Wife Australia host, 47, looked chic in a double denim outfit as she left an appearance on Sunrise to promote the show
Armytage wore denim shirt with necktie feature tucked into a pair of jeans
The TV star was seen waving goodbye to a colleague and blew them a kiss
Armytage, 47, sat next to Barr, 56, but kept a few metres’ distance for the sit-down interview with this season’s famers Bert and Dustin.
The pair appeared to exchange several awkward glances at each other as Barr and Shirvington welcomed her back to the show.
‘Samantha Armytage, back on the couch,’ Barr said.
Even fans noticed the star’s demeanour and took to social media to call it out.
‘She looks SO happy to be there…’ one user sarcastically wrote on Australian TV forum Media Spy.
She carried a large woven basket bag packed with the dress she wore during her appearance on the breakfast show and some water
Over her other shoulder, the TV presenter carried a brown $369 handbag from Oroton which perfectly matched her brown and white loafers
It’s Armtage’s first time appearing on Sunrise as part of the publicity tour for FWAW, as she famously snubbed the morning show back in 2022.
She was instead interviewed on The Kyle and Jackie O Show while the farmers sat down with Barr and Shirvington.
During the interview on Friday, Armytage, a real-life farmer’s wife who married horse breeder Richard Lavender in late 2020, raved about her life away from the Sunrise studio and her role hosting the matchmaking series.
‘It’s perfect. This show has been great for me. I’m really enjoying it and meeting these guys. It’s fantastic,’ she said.
Armytage became Sunrise co-host alongside David ‘Kochie’ Koch in 2013, before exiting in 2021.
She was replaced by Barr, who remains on the morning program with Shirvington after he took over Koch’s duties in 2023.
Samantha also flashed her wedding/engagement ring along with an expensive watch on her wrist
The presenter kept a pair of designer glasses in hand as she strolled down the footpath
Armytage famously ‘upset’ Barr with a snarky tweet after departing the show in March, 2021.
‘Look, I’m out. Nat’s wanted the job forever… and she’s finally got it. She just needs to get on and enjoy it – and forget about me (even though I’m unforgettable),’ she tweeted at the time.
Barr was reportedly ‘gutted’ by her predecessor’s hurtful tweet months after her 2021 departure, suggesting she was desperate for the top job.
The Farmer Wants A Wife host was all smiles as she chatted away with her companion
Barr was not expecting the former anchor to be so ‘snarky’ after they’d worked together on Seven’s breakfast show for years, a source told New Idea at the time.
‘No one was more shocked and saddened over Sam’s comments than Nat,’ the insider claimed.
‘She is gutted and has no idea why the snarkiness continues, even though Sam has been gone [from Sunrise] for months.’
Meanwhile, Barr previously revealed she didn’t have a close relationship with Armytage.
Samantha made a surprise return to the Sunrise studio on Friday morning after departing the program three years ago
Tensions were made obvious as the former breakfast television host, who quit Sunrise in 2021, sat opposite co-hosts Matt Shirvington and her rival successor Natalie Barr to plug the upcoming Channel Seven series of Famer Wants A Wife
When asked about rumours they weren’t close, Barr told The Australian Women’s Weekly the pair ‘got along well in the office’ but rarely spoke after the cameras stopped rolling because they didn’t have much in common.
‘The truth is we didn’t really see each other outside the office,’ Barr said.
‘We had vastly different lives, I guess,’ the mother of two added. ‘We were in different places. She was hanging with her friends, and I was spending time with my family.
‘So, yes, we were in different places.’